The Other Tribe
Coming out of the city that won’t stop producing visceral, addictive dance music, The Other Tribe were formed in Bristol two years ago.
The frenetic live show - combining pounding dance beats, searing synth riffs, towering vocal hooks and the tightest drumming this side of a James Brown jam - enamoured the Bristol music scene and catapulted them round the UK festival circuit.
Glade, Beat Herder, Eden, Isle of Wight, Wireless, Brisfest, Gottwood and Dot To Dot have all felt the energy of The Other Tribe.
Two tracks put up online last year were posted round the blogsphere and played on radio one and Xfm.
Both live favourites, Don’t Need No Melody and Businessman On Diazepam showcased the band’s hybrid sound, and were remixed by fellow Bristol producer Eats Everything and bass-music maestro Kidnap Kid to comprise the recent double A-side release on label-of-the-moment Black Butter.
Their supporters grew to include Annie Mac, Eddy Temple Morris, and Rob Da Bank. Now signed to Relentless, The Other Tribe are gearing up to release their next single ‘Skirts’ on September 30th .
‘Skirts’ is a euphoric highlight in their live show and an early version of the track has had plays from Pete Tong and Rob Da Bank, as well as a generous number of blog postings and ever accumulating youtube views.
The summer mood of ‘Skirts’ is set from the off, the chorus hook transplanting you to a sea of smiling faces at the best festival you’ve never been to.
It all feels super-8 and slow-mo until the bleeps drop you in to a funky, bass driven groove before the vocal takes you again to somewhere hot, sweaty and a whole load of fun.
Vintage-sounding rave synths underpin the biggest chorus hook you’ll want to hear all summer and the tribal onslaught of the dance-floor destroying main drop makes trying to stay still pleasingly futile. By the last chorus kicks in you’re inhibitions have willingly evaporated and you’re completely in The Other Tribe’s world.
The remixes in the package start in the place the song calls it’s second home: Ibiza. Jody Wisternoff (one half of dance music legends Way Out West and who got ‘commissioned’ to do his remix whilst out on a late night out with the band’s bass player in Bristol) provides the sort of mix that sun-bathed terraces were made for: the first dance of the afternoon or the last after an epic night out. Newcomers F.E.A.R. up the tempo and deepen the groove with something for when the sun starts to set, the tide coming lazily in.
To up the adrenalin Don Diablo gives us a harder, faster remix; and Cruelty brings out the rave piano for a fun uptempo workout.
Kidnap Kid utilises the track’s flamenco guitar to create a brilliant drop, and finally T Williams makes great use of the vocal to set the tone before dropping in to one of his trademark bass-heavy garage rhythms.
The Other Tribe’s number has grown continuously since they’ve taken their live show up and down the country, initiating one new member at a time. Upcoming shows at The Secret Garden Party, Sunday Best, Bestival and Brisfest are going to swell their ranks. Now it’s time to infiltrate the nation’s airwaves. It feels good being in The Other Tribe - don’t resist it.